The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-12-16
AUNT BECKY'S CENTEN-
NAL BUNNIT. (
BY JENNIE HOWARD BEMAN.

"Speakin' o bunnits, Mary Ann,
makes me think of little instance
that mabbe you wouldn't mind
heaTin'.p
"Let's have it, by all means,
Aunt Becky" WAS the eager clIo-
rus from three or four young ladies',
one of whom was try ing on Il taste
ful bonnet which had just been
sent from the milliIler.
Mrs. Rebecci Peabody had come
down from the old home in Vermont
to spend few weeks With her SIS
ter, who lived in a large MasSachu-
setts town; and her stories, adorn
ed as they were with quaint, old
fashioned speech, were q neVeI-fail-
ing source of amusement to her
HicccS.
"Wall," began Aunt Becky, while
a Smile 0versErcad her placid fea-
lures, sit all come of our gOin' to
the Centennial. Jonathan, he did
MT recIy want TO 90, in the first
place, bat did, al' Jest stuck
right to it till he had to give in. |
told him 'tW a'Il't no ways likely we
should live to 90 to the next one, an
! wanted TO make sure o this. says
|, 'yOn nredn'l cry poverty you
KNOW we've always g15a good liv-
M of he falm, an ws don't owe Il
cent in The world, aud we've got
money IN the bank, besides the
tLOHsand dollars father give TO me-
4" Wall says he, kinder sharp
am snarpish, when IL woman gifts
to talkih' abOut what she had afore
she was married, there's no use try
in' to reason with her. So it was
settled. | was bound to go well
dressed, too. never had travelled
much, but I'd read how city folks
pretended that they could tell
where anybody come fiom just by
lOokiu' at 'em. Now l amt mite
ashamed o my State nor town, am
Tn perfectly willm' everybody
should know that Pun farmers
wife; but Jest said to myself, Il
ain't goin' to have them stuck mp
folks in Pheladelrhy a-pokin' fun
at me, AN a-p'iutiP ms out as a
back woods YermoDter.' So made
Jonathan git him a bran-new suit
o store clothes; be didn't want to.
mind ye; he thought his blne
JrOadcloih coal that be was married
in twenty years before was plenty
good enough. But l said, 'No1
we're goin' through this thing in
style.' He hung off 'mazin'ly about
his boots, had a mimi to fare ulpan'
git mad; but says L, Jonathan
Peabody, you ain'f a-gOin' to Phel-
adelphy with them old fashioned
square toes; you shall have the
best psir o. boots this town affords,
il have to go aud buy 'em myself
al got me a uiee gray wOrsted
dress that cost forty five cents
yard, am had it made up fashiona-
ble aud trimmed wiih-friuge.
"Miss Levi Tucker, she t was
Matildy Newcome, was goin' down
to BrattlebOro, an' | sent by her To
git me a bunuit. Now, if there's
anything Pm nOiionaI about, it's
what | wear on my head do de-
spise meachin', poverty-stricken
hunnit, With faded ont roses an
draggle-tail feathers. So, says /,
'Matildy, you cit me a smart, hand
some bunnit; one that'Il look suita-
BILE tor me an will stan pressiu'
over; you needu't be stingy, neith-
IeT, for Pm williu' to pay a good
price, SO l give ber ave-dOllar
bill au' she got the buhnit. Twas
a beauty, now 4 tell sc, an It had a
stvlishuess that the up-cOuntry mil
liners can't put on. The only fault
/ could fud With il was il didu't
have strings, but vas fixed With
'lastic cord to fasten round under
nv back hair. Miss Tucker told
me bow to wear il, au' said / must
do up my front hair on hair-pins 50
'twOuld be al crinkley. Everybody
said twas very becOmin' except JO-
nathan; all / could get bin to say
was seems to me sou are puttiu'
Oh a good many airs this SUMNER
"Wal, one day We vas goin' 10